Police have identified the machete-wielding man who was shot and killed by police in Salisbury on Thursday.

Police have identified the machete-wielding man who was shot and killed by police in Salisbury on Thursday.

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Updated: 5:54 PM EDT May 16, 2014

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WEBVTT THAT IS A LOOK AT FIRST ALERT TRAFFIC AT 5:32. AN UGLY DRIVE. ALL AROUND. WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE AFTER CHARGING AT THEM WITH A MACHETE. PAM CROSS JOINS US LIVE. PAM? AND POLICE HAVE OPINION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOST OF THE DAY. THE INCIDENT STARTED AT THE HOUSE BEHIND ME HERE. NICOLAS FOSTER ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS WIFE AND A MALE FRIEND. HE RUSHED OUT AND REFUSED TO STOP, EVEN WHEN TASERED BY POLICE. TODAY, INVESTIGATORS ARE DOING THE LEG WORK GOING DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. THERE WERE PLENTY OF WITNESSES ON CABLE AVENUE. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WAS WAVING THIS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A STICK UNTIL WE REALIZED IT WASN'T. IT WAS A MACHETE. THIS GRANDMOTHER WAS ON THE DECK AND DUCKED INSIDE WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED. WE COULD HEAR THE POLICE SAY DROP YOUR WEAPON BUT THEY WERE LOUD. WE COULDN'T HEAR WHAT HE WAS SAYING. NICOLAS FOSTER IS E IDENTIFIED AS THE 29-YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE AFTER ALLEGEDLY RUSHING THEM WITH A MACHETE AND KNIFE. POLICE WERE CALLED HERE FOR A DOMESTIC ACCIDENT. HIS WIFE TRACY WAS ONE OF THE STABBING VICTIMS. HER UNCLE WAITED TO DIRECT POLICE AND AMBULANCE TO THE SCENE. THE HUSBAND STABBED HER, HIS WIFE, AND A FRIEND. WHAT LED UP TO THAT I HAVE NO IDEA. HE TOOK OFF IN A RED CAR, SLAMMING INTO A POLICE S.U.V. THAT LED TO THE CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFY. THE POLICE HAD NO CHOICE. THE UNCLE SAYS HE WAS NOT A TROUBLE MAKE. A QUIET GUY AND RESERVED. BOTH KEPT TO THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW. SO I DON'T KNOW. POLICE HAVE MOTT IDENTIFIED THE MALE FRIEND. BOTH HE AND TRACY FOSTER HAVE

Machete-wielding man shot, killed by police identified

Police have identified the machete-wielding man who was shot and killed by police in Salisbury on Thursday.